Which kind of Pokémon Transformations Do You Think You'd Prefer?

[thomaswiencek]

What's happening with you guys. I'm just wanting to know which kind of Pokémon transformation you think you'd prefer: Mega Evolution, Dynamax, Gigantamax, Dynamega Evolution (Dynamax + Mega Evolution) or Gigantamega Evolution (Gigantamax + Mega Evolution) , all of them, any other ideas or none at all? Why? Please let me know your response, thanks.

 

[Deleted member 116266]

Mega evolution, without question.

 

[Esserise]

I think the existing transformations all have merit, though none are perfect - there are Mega Evolutions given to many Pokémon that really didn't need them, and Dynamax is an absolute monster in single battles and could do with a rebalancing.

Aesthetically, I think Gigantamax has a little more going for it than Mega Evolution, if only just a bit - I would say that "what if x but giant?" is a more clear aesthetic end-goal than "what if x but deliberately overdesigned?" It is of course not the case that all G-Max forms look great or that all Megas look bad, I just feel like Gigantamax has a slightly clearer vision of what it wants to be. Dynamax in general also contributes more to the worldbuilding of the games it appears in, which I like very much, and is the basis for an entire facet of the game in Max Raid Battles, whereas Mega Evolution is only thematically on-brand in Kalos as a result of its worst impulses (with how it consolidates more power in the hands of the "ruling class" of Pokémon, and is wielded by only a lucky few Trainers), and meanwhile is somewhat awkwardly woven into Hoenn.

I'm not really sure what the point of the proposed "combinations" would be.

All that said, I wouldn't get rid of any of these things permanently - you can always make technical adjustments to help with the balancing, and I do feel like battles in general are more interesting for having the extra tactical dimension that these transformations provide.

 

[thomaswiencek]

I've meant Dynamega Evolutions are a combination between "Dynamaxes" and "Mega Evolutions", while "Gigantamega Evolutions" are a combination between "Gigantamaxes" and "Mega Evolutions". That's all.

 

[Esserise]

I've meant Dynamega Evolutions are a combination between "Dynamaxes" and "Mega Evolutions", while "Gigantamega Evolutions" are a combination between "Gigantamaxes" and "Mega Evolutions". That's all.

Right, but that doesn't really explain what they would entail or how they would differ mechanically from the existing systems. Is it just Mega forms But Big? Gigantamax forms But Small? Mega Evolution with a turn limit? Dynamax with a required held item?

 

[Matleo]

all of them 14,3% + Mega Ecolution 42,9 % makes it interesting.

I would preffer Megas and Dynamax to be ion one game but seperated mechanics that you cant use together at one time.

I think they should never be combined together, rather bea used to counter each other in battles.